i have to admit that laborday preweek isn't the greatest time to schedule the burn, but i don't think that there's really any other time that woudn't cause some kind of dislocation to someone's schedule.

antrony wrote:i have to admit that laborday preweek isn't the greatest time to schedule the burn, but i don't think that there's really any other time that woudn't cause some kind of dislocation to someone's schedule.

Tis true. Though I wish in my case that the only week out of the year that could cause me to lose my job and possibly my credential (for many years or life) is kind of a bummer.

Though I vote for no change, I agree that it's inconvenient for some. I'm a manufacturer, and it's one of my busiest weeks. But, well, fuck it. If I wanna see the Man go, I gotta be there. Next year, I hope I make it (I missed 2001 and 2002). And if I do, I'll give all of you chips and salsa!

I voted for a date change. My gilrfirend always has a hard time arranging since she teaches. Kinda a bummer, but as someone pointed out, almost any time will conflict with something. Might have been a better poll if you combined all the 'first week of school' options into one, so you get a better idea of how that effects people over all....

You're all weenies. I've spent years in places where we had weeks with a "high" of negative 101°F.

I've made it to -38 with windchills of -70. Anything below -20 is just too damn cold. So what's a few more numbers...you still get the same nasty effects but you gain maybe a second or two more before they start in.

Oops, I see that editing a poll isn't possible, otherwise we could break down the choices into, no don't change the date, or indifferent.

Those indifferent, please choose "don't change." Or if you the dates don't effect you but you really want to help out teachers and students you can always choose, "change it for other reasons." Does that make any sense? Sorry a bit drowsy from anti-histimines.

random thought: schreck and i brought our newbie friend, the drake, with us this year. he comes back to camp one day and sez to me: " this is how fucked up i am right now - i just saw a canoe with a flat tire."

There must have been a few canoes out there. As far as I know, ours
never had a flat. It did lose the starter cable at one point and had to be
pushed home from across the playa. But no flat tires. Ours raced another.
And won, of course. Maybe that was the one with the flat.

How about attending one of the regional burns instead? Burning Flipside is in may, burning bush and fourth of juplaya are in july...There are many events that capture the spirit of burning man, albeit at a different level of intensity. I personally had a better time at burning bush this year than I did at Burning Man. Or better yet, start your own festival with a date that fits your schedule! The Week before BM is the mutant fest in Oregon...

chickenfish chickenfish you are not a pelican
chickenfish chickenfish your love is like a flea
chickenfish chickenfish your fins are so delicate
chickenfish chickenfish chicken of the sea

I voted no change because i pretty much agree that it would always conflict with some people. But maybe i should've had more sympathy. I didn't go in 99 and 2000 because i went to a community college and they'd drop your classes if you weren't there that first week. So you'd miss a whole semester. Then in '01-'03 my school is quarter system.
For teachers, if they say they can't miss that week..they probably really can't...but it seems like parents could maybe sometimes work somthing out. Really sucks tho.
If it happened to me now...after I've been..i'd just say fuck it and miss the semester. go to summer school everytime or something.
All my other friends are long out of college and not teachers, so they don't think about it i guess.
For teacher's....no way around it?